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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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